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Are certain people using "toxic" as a synonym for "adds virtually nothing intelligent to the conversation"?
by logicalmonster 5y ago
Are certain people using "toxic" as a synonym for "adds virtually nothing intelligent to the conversation"?
- WesolyKubeczek 5y agoI usually don’t like those labels because they usually mean one of these things: 1) “I don’t like hearing this”, 2) “This might be true but it’s inconvenient as fuck” , or 3) “He is from the other tribe, let’s kick the living shit out of him!” Toxic, problematic. Those words. They mark “them” versus “us”. But there’s a class of behavior you’d roughly classify as “if you see this, you kick the person from the party and never invite them again”. The designation “toxic” seems suitable. You feel filthy after even talking to some people and need to take a shower. I cannot define this precisely, but it’s the behavior that stops any productive discourse from happening, or puts off everyone in the room. I think the word is fitting this behavior well.